SARCOIDOSIS IN UNITED STATES NAVY

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Abstract
A total of 303 patients with sarcoidosis was observed among United States Navy and Marine Corps personnel during the years 1954 through 1958. The disease occurred 10 times more frequently among Negroes than among whites. There was a statistically significant higher attack rate among officer personnel than among white enlisted men. Maximal attack rates occurred among enlisted men 20 to 25 years of age, and during the 2nd to 8th year of service. Maximal attack rates among officers occurred about 5 years later in age or length of service. It is believed that these specific rates are influenced, but not entirely explained, by the frequency and thoroughness of routine physical examinations. The unusually high prevalence of sarcoidosis among residents of the South Atlantic and East-Southcentral states is in agreement with that previously reported by others. There appeared to be an accumulation of cases among white residents of the state of Washington. Because of the incompleteness of the medical records, analysis of the status of the tuberculin reaction in patients with sarcoidosis was unrewarding.

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